Avibase: Icthyophaga vocifer (African Fish Eagle)

African Fish Eagle

Icthyophaga vocifer (Daudin, FM 1800)

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Partial list of sound recordings available from xeno-canto & macaulaylibrary.org.

Species name	Recordist	Date	Location	Remarks	Cat.nr.
African Fish Eagle - Haliaeetus vocifer	Bernard BOUSQUET	2025-07-18	Bunyaruguru (near Kateta), Wilaya ya Rubirizi, Mkoa wa Magharibi, Rubirizi (Uganda) (1000 m)	call - [sono]	1053539 xeno-canto.org
African Fish Eagle - Haliaeetus vocifer	African Bioacoustics Community	2024-02-22	Kruger Park, Ehlanzeni District Municipality, Mpumalanga, Pelgrimsrus (South Africa) (260 m)	- 1kHz high pass filter, -3dB normalised, audio split Recordist - Tess Gridley	1009154 xeno-canto.org
African Fish Eagle - Haliaeetus vocifer	Marc Anderson	2023-08-26	Kafue National Park, Mumbwa (Zambia) (1100 m)	duet, song - [sono]	890289 xeno-canto.org
African Fish-Eagle - Haliaeetus vocifer	Myles E. W. North	1963-06-25	Lake Baringo, Rift Valley, Kenya, Rift Valley (Kenya)	-	4343 macaulaylibrary.org
African Fish Eagle - Haliaeetus vocifer	julien Birard	2024-02-13	Bahr Rosa, Barh Azoum, Salamat, Barh Azoum (Chad) (420 m)	call - [sono]	879129 xeno-canto.org
African Fish Eagle - Haliaeetus vocifer	Rolf A. de By	2015-09-13	Lake Mburo National Park, Kiruhura (former division) (Uganda) (1265 m)	call - bird-seen:no playback-used:no	282069 xeno-canto.org
African Fish Eagle - Haliaeetus vocifer	Derek Solomon	14-10-06	South Luangwa National Park Kapamba , Northern (pre-2011) (Zambia) (510 m)	Call (A) -	41599 xeno-canto.org
African Fish Eagle - Haliaeetus vocifer	Oliver Fowler	2022-08-29	Crescent Island, Lake Naivasha, Nakuru County, Nakuru (Kenya) (1900 m)	call - Several birds calling in flight overhead. Recording amplified and high pass filter applied using Audacity.	775123 xeno-canto.org
African Fish Eagle - Haliaeetus vocifer	Marcin Sołowiej	2013-07-04	Lake Mburo National Park, Kiruhura (Uganda) (1300 m)	call - [sono]	782870 xeno-canto.org
African Fish Eagle - Haliaeetus vocifer	András Schmidt	2023-10-22	Hell's Gate (near Sulmac Village), Naivasha, Nakuru County, Nakuru (Kenya) (1900 m)	begging call, call - Not modified. The garden of Elsamere Lodge. A young bird was calling (begging for food?) and then an adult cried loud.	858665 xeno-canto.org
African Fish Eagle - Haliaeetus vocifer	Brendan Sloan	2023-04-16	Lake Naivasha, Kenya (Kenya) (1880 masl ap m)	call - [sono]	800914 xeno-canto.org
African Fish Eagle - Haliaeetus vocifer	African Bioacoustics Community	2025-10-23	City of Cape Town (near Cape Town), City of Cape Town Metropolitan Municipality, Western Cape, Simon Town (South Africa) (10 m)	call - 250Hz high pass filter, -3dB normalised. Recordist - R.Probert	1052271 xeno-canto.org
African Fish Eagle - Haliaeetus vocifer	Nature sounds by Simply Birding	1964-12-17	Goinha, Muanza, Sofala Province, Sofala (Mozambique) (20 m)	adult, duet, female, male - bird-seen:yes playback-used:no	646327 xeno-canto.org
African Fish Eagle - Haliaeetus vocifer	Bram Piot	2015-12-27	Djoudj NP, Saint-Louis, Saint-Louis (Senegal) (0 m)	call - Probably a pair. bird-seen:yes playback-used:no	297600 xeno-canto.org
African Fish Eagle - Haliaeetus vocifer	Peter Boesman	2022-03-18	Mole National Park, West Gonja (Ghana)	call - [sono]	719185 xeno-canto.org
African Fish Eagle - Haliaeetus vocifer	Julien Birard	2024-02-13	Bahr Rosa, Barh Azoum, Salamat, Barh Azoum (Chad) (420 m)	call - [sono]	957337 xeno-canto.org
African Fish Eagle - Haliaeetus vocifer	Scott Olmstead	2019-06-12	S62 near Letaba Restcamp, Kruger NP, Limpopo, Phalaborwa (South Africa) (240 m)	adult, call - Calling from a tall trees near the Letaba River. Recorded on iPhone 8. bird-seen:yes playback-used:no	505562 xeno-canto.org
African Fish Eagle - Haliaeetus vocifer	Nature sounds by Simply Birding	1964-12-17	Goinha, Muanza, Sofala Province, Sofala (Mozambique) (20 m)	duet, female, male - bird-seen:yes playback-used:no	646324 xeno-canto.org
African Fish-Eagle - Haliaeetus vocifer	Charley Hesse TROPICAL BIRDING	2009-12-23	, Limpopo Province (South Africa)	-	203935651 macaulaylibrary.org
African Fish-Eagle - Icthyophaga vocifer	African Bioacoustics Community	2026-05-17	, Mpumalanga (South Africa)	-	660195317 macaulaylibrary.org
African Fish Eagle - Haliaeetus vocifer	Marc Anderson	2023-09-06	Limpopo River, Botswana (Botswana) (550 m)	song - [sono]	880429 xeno-canto.org
African Fish Eagle - Haliaeetus vocifer	Lynette Rudman	2017-07-04	Port Alfred, Western District, Eastern Cape, Eastern Cape (South Africa) (30 m)	call, flight call - Three fish eagles seen calling. One adult was circling very high in the sky and an adult and an immature were answering from an Acacia Karoo tree below the bird in the air. Recorded in mid winter on a warm morning. bird-seen:yes playback-used:no	378779 xeno-canto.org
African Fish Eagle - Haliaeetus vocifer	Brendan Sloan	2023-04-16	Lake Naivasha, Kenya (Kenya) (1880 masl ap m)	call - [sono]	800913 xeno-canto.org
African Fish Eagle - Haliaeetus vocifer	African Bioacoustics Community	2023-10-01	Kruger National Park (near Skukuza), Ehlanzeni District Municipality, Mpumalanga, South Africa (South Africa) (260 m)	- -3dB normalised (in Audacity) Recordist - T. Gridley	1018203 xeno-canto.org

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